I had a middle school friend who always sacrificed the present by worrying about the future. If our families went to dinner together, and his parents wouldn’t let him come play at my house afterwards, he would be gloomy the entire dinner. If he knew that we only had 3 hours to play games together instead of 7 hours, he would spend all 3 hours begging his parents to let him stay that extra 4 hours.
Fast forward to 2010 and every day I find myself in the exact same situations. I constantly worry about my future and where I want to end up. I sacrifice the quality of my lifestyle eating cup noodles, thinking that saving that extra buck will add to my savings in the long term. And in the process, I forget the most important lesson: Enjoying life as it goes by day to day.
“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.”
- Calvin & Hobbes